The Cumberland County Commission has passed a resolution that would allow a $12.50 charge in court proceedings of state misdemeanors and felonies. The money would be collected for providing support services for the purpose of promoting public safety at the sole discretion of the district attorney general for the 13th ...

On Tuesday (9/16/2025), former Tennessee House Speaker aide Cade Cothren was sentenced to 30 months in prison and ordered to pay a $25,000 fine. Cothren and former House Speaker Glen Casada were both convicted in May of bribery and kickback charges. Casada is scheduled to be sentenced on September 23rd.

A Decatur County grand jury has indicted 48-year-old Christopher Overman in the April boating death 19-year-old Austin Perry on the Tennessee River. He faces a host of charges including Vehicular Homicide by Recklessness, Vehicular Homicide Driver Intoxication, Boating Under the Influence 2nd Offense and Purchasing Al...

The Fentress County Sheriff's Office has been made aware of a scam in which callers are posing as the Sheriff's Office and sometimes using the name of the Clerk's Office to threaten residents with arrest warrants unless they make immediate payments over the phone. Please remember that the Sheriff's Office or Clerk's Of...